Abstract
© 2014 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Recycling is a series of activities that includes collecting recyclable materials that would otherwise be considered waste, sorting, and processing recyclables into raw materials, and manufacturing them into new products. In this chapter, the collection of recyclable materials in both developed and developing countries are reviewed. The physical and chemical recycling methods are also included with necessary engineering calculation. Finally, the marketing of recyclable materials is also depicted.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Environment and Waste Management: Volume 2: Land and Groundwater Pollution Control |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
Keywords
- Material recovery facility
- Recyclable material
- Waste recovery
- Waste recycling
- Waster separation
Disciplines
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
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